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one of the fenced in hedged in field created by wealthy British landowners on land that was formerly worked by village farmers

Enclosures

person who organized, manages, takes on risk of businesses

Entrepreneurs

the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, esp. on a large scale

Manufacturing

factors of production are owned by public and operate for well fare of them all

Socialism

the condition of having a highly technical implementation

Mechanization

an association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and
higher wages

Unions

a federation of trade unions organized in 1886: united with the Congress of Industrial Organizations 1955

American Federation of Labor

system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land

Crop Rotation

a machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds

Cotton Gin

a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people

Slums

an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

Corporation

an economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people, private property does not exist and all goods and services are shared equally

Communism

negotiations between workers and their employers

Collective Bargaining

shift, beginning in England during 18th century, fomo making goods by hand to the machine
~Mid 1700s

Industrial Revolution

engine worked by steam

Steam Engine

social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people and wealthy farmers

Middle Class

idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses

Laissez fair

class of wage earners, esp. those who earn living by manual labor

Proletariat

collection of various resources, which contribute to producing goods or services Example: Factors of production fall into three main groups - land, labor, and capital

Factors of Production

the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

Urbanization

A cloth, especially one manufactured by weaving or knitting; a fabric

Textiles

the philosophical/ethical theory that people should judge ideas, institutions, and actions based on their usefullness

Utilitarianism

the middle class in France who loved the enlightenment ideas

Bourgeoisie

the legal prohibition and ending of slavery

Abolition

to refuse to work when a business owner does not meet demands for higher pay or better working conditions